GCE – AQA PSYCHOLOGY A – AS Award 1181 | Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and Individual Differences

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY – STRESS Stress as a Bodily Response 1. The body’s response to stress (a) The Fight or Flight Response (b) Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome – GAS 2. The pituitary-adrenal system and the symp ...

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY – STRESS Stress as a Bodily Response 1. The body’s response to stress (a) The Fight or Flight Response (b) Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome – GAS 2. The pituitary-adrenal system and the sympathomedullary pathway 3. Stress-related illness and the immune system Stress in Everyday Life Life Changes and Daily Hassles Workplace Stress Personality factors, including Type A behaviour Emotion-focused and Problem-focused Approaches Physiological Methods of Stress Management, drugs and biofeedback Psychological Methods of Stress Management, Hardiness Training and Stress Inoculation 7. The Role of Control in Coping with Stress 07 08 09 10 - 11 11 12 13 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIAL INFLUENCE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. What is meant by the terms ‘obedience’ and ‘conformity’? Explain the terms ‘social norms’ and ‘normative social influence’. Public compliance and private acceptance. Why do people conform? A study of majority influence (Asch, 1951) A study of obedience to authority (Milgram, 1963) A study of obedience to authority (Hofling, 1966) Outline 3 psychological factors that may lead people to obey. 20Social influence in everyday life How can people resist pressures to conform and pressures to obey? Conformist, anti-conformist, or independent? What are the main ethical principles in social research? Would research into social influence as carried out by Hofling, Milgram and Zimbardo be ethically acceptable today? 5. What are the implications for social change of research into social influence? 6. A study of minority influence (Moscovici, 1969) INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (Abnormality) Defining and explaining psychological abnormality 1. Definitions of Abnormality Deviation from Social Norms Failure to Function Adequately Deviation from Ideal Mental Health Statistical Infrequency 2. Key Features of the Biological Approach to Abnormality 3. Key Features of the Psychodynamic Approach to Abnormality 4. Key Features of the Behavioural Approach to Abnormality 5. Key Features of the Cognitive Approach to Abnormality Treating Abnormality 1. Biological Therapies Drugs – Chemotherapy ECT – Electroconvulsive Therapy Psychotherapy 2. Psychological Therapies Psychoanalysis Systematic De-sensitisation Cognitive Behavioural Therapy